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Robert A. Hanamirian, 80, of Fort Washington and New York, the son of Armenian immigrants who rose to become an international tax lawyer, died Monday, June 25, of natural causes at his home in New York. From 2001 until 2018, Mr. Hanamirian was a tax lawyer with the firm of Kranjac Tripodi & Partners, LLP on Wall Street. For the past five years, he had also been of counsel at the Moorestown law firm run by his son, John M. Hanamirian. From 1995 to 2001, Mr. Hanamirian had operated a solo law firm from his Fort Washington home. A first-generation Armenian-American, Mr. Hanamirian was born in Philadelphia to Mooshegh and Hratcha Hanamirian, who fled the Ottoman Empire in 1915 in response to the slaughter of Armenian citizens by the Turks. The Armenian Genocide resulted in the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians in what is now the Republic of Turkey. His parents lived in China before reaching the United States in 1920. Once in Philadelphia, they became the proprietors of the York … [Read more...] about Robert A. Hanamirian, 80, international tax lawyer

Last Updated Nov 22, 2016 5:30 PM EST Donald Trump can deduct almost all of the $25 million settlement with former students of his defunct Trump University, settling class-action fraud lawsuits against the president-elect over the controversial real estate course.The reason he can write off the money is that it is “an expense in the ordinary course of doing business,” said Robert Willens, a New York-based tax consultant. Of the settlement payout, $24 million is earmarked for Trump University students, and another $1 million is a fine. It’s doubtful he could take the fine off his taxes, Willens said.New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced the $25 million total settlement on Friday. As Trump hustles to put together his new administration, he agreed to settle three civil actions seeking repayment for up to 7,000 students -- two lawsuits in California and Schneiderman’s in New York.Many of the students will get back at least half their money, … [Read more...] about Donald Trump can get a tax break for his Trump U settlement

Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page Sacha Pfeiffer Globe Staff April 30, 2017 One way reporters find interesting stories is tips from readers, and the tip I recently received about the James G. Martin Memorial Trust left me wondering: 14 years after the Globe Spotlight Team investigated financial abuses by charitable foundations, has the situation improved?The $4 million Martin trust, created in 1977 and based in Rye Beach, N.H., is a private foundation, which typically means it was set up by a wealthy family or individual who gets large tax breaks for putting aside money for charitable causes.My tipster had this damning opinion: “Clearly, the primary purpose of the foundation is to provide a comfortable income to the three daughters,” who live in Massachusetts. Advertisement Intrigued, I combed through nearly two decades of the foundation’s tax filings, and it turns out the tip … [Read more...] about ‘It’s a tax rip-off’

U.S. Jared Kushner kushner companies Internal Revenue Service Justice Department Taxes Real Estate Donald Trump New York New Jersey Securities and Exchange Commission Brooklyn Russians Robert Mueller U.S. tax authorities have reportedly subpoenaed investors and lenders in real estate projects managed by the family of senior White House adviser Jared Kushner. Related: Jared Kushner's Debt Soared By Millions Since Entering White House, Ivanka Trump Financial Disclosure Reveals The Internal Revenue Service and Department of Justice issued the subpoenas in the last year and authorities have identified investors and gathered information from lenders to Kushner Companies projects in New York and New Jersey, a person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg in a report published Thursday. The projects involve deals as far back as 2010. Keep up with this story and more by subscribing now It is not clear whether tax authorities are also investigating Kushner Companies or its business … [Read more...] about Jared Kushner company investors have been subpoenaed as part of a tax investigation, report says